About Vellur Village

Vellur is a large village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,439, made up of 1,168 males and 1,271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 716.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614626
Area (hectares)	716.82 hectares
Population	2,439
Male Population	1,168
Female Population	1,271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vellur compares

By the 2011 count Vellur is the 30th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 716.82 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Vellur

Vellur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Vellur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vellur from other places

Vellur lies about 30 km from Thanjavur. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Vellur
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	7.9 km
Nearest town	Pattukkottai	16 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	30 km

Villages closest to Vellur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Orathanadu tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Vellur

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellur village had a population of 2,439. That makes it the 30th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Vellur village has 1,168 males and 1,271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellur has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Vellur is 614626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellur covers 716.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vellur falls under Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Vellur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Vellur.

Vellur is about 30 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellur is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 7.9 km away. Pattukkottai is about 16 km away. Thanjavur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.